An interesting police chase took place last week near the town of Dussen Amsterdam last week. A Dutch farmer couldn’t believe his eyes as he watched a car drive through his corn fields only to be joined by two police vehicles in hot pursuit. A helicopter also joined in the chase.
The drive of the car was under the influence of cocaine as he drove wildly through the field.
The 35 year old man was eventually cornered after his vehicle careened into a neighboring orchard and crashed into a ditch.
“Shoot out two tyres… then the problem is solved,” irate farmer Ad Van Schendel told police, according to the Brabants Dagblad newspaper.
Damage to the cornfield was estimated at 7,000-8,000 euros (4,700-5,380 pounds).
What’s your worst fear? Is it flying? Is it being hit by lightening? Maybe something falling from the sky?
It wasn’t exactly a bolt from the blue. More like blue ice from the sky. An elderly Chino, California couple had a chunk of blue ice crashed through their roof recently. William McElroy says it was so loud, they had thought a car hit their house. Evelyn McElroy is amazed no one was hurt and figures “somebody extra” was looking out for them. Federal aviation officials are investigating if the blue ice came from a leaking airplane toilet holding tank.
Nice. They probably got hit by frozen pee! I wonder how often that happens?
Well, it could have been worse - they could have been hit by a plane experiencing software failure:
